This is kind of a neat idea, and if there are some new molds sprinkled into the sets, they'll have a winner on their hands...of course, the price will have to be somewhat reasonable which is the part that worries me.

And I hope they don't go crazy on the packaging, the clone sets were WAY overdone - we wanted white mailer boxes and got freakin gold (double boxing adds A LOT of cost to the product).

The packaging will most likely be fancy window box because Hasbro and EE both know that if it's in a fancy window box they will appeal to the packaged collectors more than a plain white mailer box.

And, according to the info I recieved today, there are no new molds in this set just re-paints of existing molds.

OT - I appluad Adam's decision to leave RS and form his own website which has a loyal following. In doing so, he has partnered himself with EE and Hasbro thus creating a name for himself.

Kudos to Pawlus for seeing the writing on the wall, taking a chance, and making it work.

I assume you're not talking about GH, Travis, since Mike Sullenger is the guy who "formed" that site (like CSW before it). Adam just does the Q & A and reviews there (but doesn't participate in the community/forums at all). Maybe your talking about that "16bit" site that he does though...

But yeah, kudos to him (and anyone else for that matter) for being smart enough to leave RS. Cool astromech idea too.

Now if Adam would kindly refrain from smugly telling me "I don't need to grill Hasbro, 'cause I know everything that's coming out in the future" (at the Q & A), then all would be honky doree. As if I hadn't already seen and heard that a hundred times already...

Why does Adam's name always come up when there are talks about EE exclusives and what not? Is he not the one who is spearheading the whole thing??

Mike Sullenger owns GalacticHunter.com. From the GH Staff Page:

"Mike Sullenger(Creator, Editor-In Chief, Photographer)Michael Sullenger is best known for his previous creation, the popular Star Wars collecting website CollectStarWars.com, which along with its Bounty Hunter Collective discussion forums, grew into a popular spot for collectors online for more than two years. Galactic Hunter is a result of his vision and desire to not only provide a good resource for news and information on Star Wars collectibles past and present, but to build a community online which collectors can call home."

Adam Pawlus is one of Mike's Staff Members over at GalacticHunter.

Again, from the GH Staff Page:

"ADAM PAWLUS(Associate Editor, Reviews, Q&A)"

Recently, Adam took a job working for EE as a catalog writer. So, Adam now works for both GH and EE, giving them an in with EE and ultimately Hasbro. It is Adam's job with EE that got him involved with the Astromech set, that's why his name is popping up.

And just to clear things up EVEN FURTHER, Adam Pawlus is not ADAM (aka Adam May) who built the Tradefederation.net website and occasionally pitches in to help them out with news from time to time.

The droids themselves look great and I would hope that all of the R3's have transparent domes, the pics for R3-T2 and R3-Y2 don't appear to be that way. What I find funny is that a pack of 5 astromechs will cost $40 + shipping ($8+ per fig), but a pack of 7 figures (the Bounty Hunter set) will only cost $35 + shipping ($5+ per fig). How the hell does that happen?